4 migrants killed in Mexico truck crash return to Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY — The bodies of 4 migrants killed successful a Dec. 9 motortruck clang successful confederate Mexico person been returned to their homeland, Guatemala.

The bodies arrived connected a charter formation from Mexico connected Saturday and were taken successful hearses to their hometowns for burial.

Three of the victims were from San Marcos province, connected the borderline with Mexico. The 4th was from the highland state of Chimaltenango. They were identified arsenic Leonel Estuardo Gómez Zepeda, Daymen Erick Fuentes Bravo, Cecilio Federico Ovalle Cifuentes and Daniel Arnulfo Pérez Ixla.

A full of 56 migrants died erstwhile the smugglers’ motortruck they were riding successful overturned. Most of the victims were from Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.

Assistant Foreign Minister Eduardo Hernández said six of the dormant person been identified arsenic Guatemalan citizens, and determination is crushed to judge different 14 are besides Guatemalans.

Authorities accidental fingerprints person been utilized to place the bodies, arsenic good arsenic relatives’ recognition of their loved ones done photographs.

More than 100 migrants were injured successful the crash. Some stay hospitalized successful Mexico.

The motortruck was packed with arsenic galore arsenic 250 migrants, and survivors said that velocity and value of the quality cargo whitethorn person played a relation successful the crash.